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(2014:68), there are some emphasizes on the enhancement approach in
order to improve teaching and learning and dissemination of good practice
such as: focus on learning, learning as a social practice; focus on professional
development, focus to increase collaboration between teachers and across
disciplines, emphasis on discussion and active engagement among teacher,
participant and course manager. The key point is to create more
pedagogically effective MOOCs, which will enhance the learning experience
and lead to quality enhancement (Conole, 2013). In this sense, learning
design activities framework from Conole (2014) can be used as a guidance :
Capture – Communicate – Collaborate - Consider (4 Cs): 1) capture: relating
to resources audit, 2) communicate: mechanism to foster communication,
3) consider: assessment strategy, and 4) combine: overarching views of the
design. The 4 Cs of learning design framework aims to provide teachers
with guidance and support they need to make more pedagogically informed
design decision that makes effective new technology.
Delivering quality of MOOCs from learner experience perspective can
be identified from their motivation. Based on empirical study by Belangor
and Thornton (2013), there are 4 important findings of the motivation: 1) to
support lifelong learning or gain an understanding of the subject matter,
with no particular expectations for completion or achievement, 2) for fun,
entertainment, social experience and intellectual simulation, 3) for
convenience, often in conjunction with barriers to traditional options, and 4)
to experience or explore online education. Furthermore, Gamage and
Fernando (2015a,b), in their empirical study, identified factors affecting
effective MOOCs, namely:
1. The importance of network opportunity: network can trigger the value
of relationship built during their online courses.
2. Usability, in term of functionalities in the system, assignment uploading,
forum posting, watching video clips, submitting quiz.
3. Interactivity, level of engagement with course and participants is
important for successful learning outcome.
4. Assessment factors: participants found that careful attention to
pedagogy and the assessment are effective to their learning in MOOC.
They often claimed some courses had only quizzes to asses and they
found it as less encouraging to an active learner, they prefered learning
by doing, where the best way to assess is the overall view in the course.